A shift in the focus of animal tourism has seen elephant havens replacing trekking.

Eli Orzessek reveals four places offering the ultimate holiday treats in Indonesia.

You can't go wrong when choosing between Ho Chi Minh City or Hanoi for a Vietnam trip.

Andrew Stone spends 24 hours in a plantation manager's restored estate home.

Lucy Casley luxuriates at a very plush Vietnam hotel.

Taiwan is broadening its tourism horizons and is out to entice new visitors.

Sake is a part of Japanese cuisine that foreign visitors mostly appreciate superficially.

On a day trip from Seoul, Mike Yardley visits the DMZ and goes underground to North Korea.

From the colourful to the quirky, this island has it covered.

Lucy Casley checks into a Hoi An spot with wonderfully friendly staff.

It may be small and far away but Sri Lanka ticks all the travellers' boxes.

Tokyo railway station - where even the doughnuts are better.

The fast, the slow and the full stop enthrall Neil Lancefield.

The father of 'tropical modernism' has a cultish following, writes Andrew Stone.

Cruising on Vietnam's Halong Bay is an voyage of discovery for Lucy Casley.

Oscar Quine eats ekiben on a Japanese bullet train.

Lucy Casley spends the night in a Deluxe cabin on a boat cruise in Vietnam's Halong Bay.

Readers share their tips and memories with Eli Orzessek.

Thai wine importer JW Sam shares his top picks for what to see and do on tropical Borneo.

A World Heritage site gives plenty of reasons to ponder its existence, writes Owen Young.

Some say North Korea is a hot new travel destination - but is it really safe to visit?

Deborah Dickson Smith finds Bali's undiscovered north.

Some mysteries you encounter while travelling you'll never get to the bottom of.

As modern influences come to Myanmar, the past is always near, writes Neda Vanovac.

Warriors star Shaun Johnson returned to his roots, and took a documentary crew along for the ride.

Label has saved Luang Prabang's buildings but killed its soul, writes Denis D. Gray.

In Tokyo's crowds, Winston Aldworth, finds the small things matter a great deal.

Shaun Johnson: Across the Mekong screens on Sky Sport 2, on Monday February 27, at 8.30pm. For the full story, see this week's Sunday Travel magazine in the Herald on Sunday.

Xenia Taliotis checks into a rainforest hotel on a Bay of Bengal island.

Ancient water town conjures up a dreamlike vision of purity and simplicity, says Paul Rush.